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• SR 396 In committee
  A Resolution recognizing the week of October 25 through 31, 2026, as "Respiratory Care Week" in Pennsylvania.
  Oct 14, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SB 114 Passed Senate
  An Act amending the act of June 9, 1997 (P.L.169, No.14), known as the Nurse Aide Resident Abuse Prevention Training Act, providing for a study on nurse aide training and oversight; and imposing duties on the Joint State Government Commission.
  Oct 7, 2026: Removed from table
• SB 782 Passed Senate
  An Act amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in membership, contributions and benefits, further providing for termination of annuities; in membership, credited service, classes of service, and eligibility for benefits relating to retirement for State employees and officers, further providing for mandatory and optional membership in the system and participation in the plan; and, in benefits, further providing for termination of annuities.
  Oct 7, 2026: Re-referred to Appropriations
• SB 481 Passed Senate
  An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in size, weight and load, further providing for permit for movement during course of manufacture.
  Oct 7, 2026: Re-referred to Appropriations
• SB 416 Passed Senate
  An Act amending the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156), known as the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act, in games of chance, providing for payment and further providing for prize limits; in club licensees, further providing for distribution of proceeds; and abrogating a regulation.
  Oct 7, 2026: Re-referred to Appropriations
• SB 806 Passed House
  An Act providing for unfair methods of competition and for enforcement and penalties.
  Oct 7, 2026: Third consideration and final passage
• SB 115 Passed House
  An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in general powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare, further providing for personal care home and assisted living residence administrators; providing for liability for false claims, for adoption of Congressional intent of the Federal False Claims Act, for damages, costs and civil penalties, for powers of Attorney General, for qui tam actions and for civil investigative demands; and establishing the Fraud Prevention and Recovery Account.
  Oct 7, 2026: Third consideration and final passage
• SR 391 Adopted
  A Resolution honoring the life and expressing condolences on the passing of former State Senator Franklin Kury.
  Oct 6, 2026: Introduced and adopted
• SB 1147 In committee
  An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for emergency transportation services.
  Oct 6, 2026: First consideration
• SB 1315 In committee
  An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for coverage for certain fertility preservation services.
  Oct 6, 2026: First consideration
• SB 381 Passed Senate
  An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in public safety, prohibiting certain animal experimentation and certain testing and sale of animal-tested cosmetics; and providing for remedies.
  Oct 6, 2026: Re-referred to Appropriations
• SB 116 Passed Senate
  An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, providing for credit for employment at congregate care facility.
  Oct 6, 2026: Laid on the table
• SB 465 Passed Senate
  An Act amending the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156), known as the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act, in club licensees, further providing for distribution of proceeds.
  Oct 5, 2026: Referred to Gaming Oversight
• SB 403 Passed Senate
  An Act amending the act of November 26, 1978 (P.L.1375, No.325), known as the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, providing for issuance of and conditions for continuous maintenance permits.
  Oct 5, 2026: Re-referred to Local Government
• SR 383 In committee
  A Resolution recognizing the month of October 2026 as "National Breast Cancer Awareness Month" and October 16, 2026, as "National Mammography Day" in Pennsylvania.
  Oct 1, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SR 382 In committee
  A Resolution recognizing the month of October 2026 as "Down Syndrome Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
  Sep 30, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SB 127 In committee
  An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, repealing provisions relating to Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction and providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction required.
  Sep 30, 2026: Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
• SB 1368 Passed Senate
  An Act prohibiting nudification applications from being offered on online application marketplaces; and prescribing penalties.
  Sep 29, 2026: Referred to Communications & Technology
• SB 1293 Passed Senate
  An Act providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harm suffered by designation.
  Sep 28, 2026: Re-referred to Health
• SR 367 In committee
  A Resolution recognizing September 18, 2026, as "POW/MIA Recognition Day" in Pennsylvania.
  Sep 24, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SR 362 In committee
  A Resolution recognizing the month of September 2026 as "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
  Sep 10, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SR 363 In committee
  A Resolution designating the month of September 2026 as "Childhood Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
  Sep 10, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SR 359 In committee
  A Resolution recognizing the month of September 2026 as "Veteran Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
  Aug 24, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SR 355 In committee
  A Resolution designating September 28, 2026, as "Green Star Veterans and Families Day" in Pennsylvania.
  Aug 13, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SB 1426 In committee
  An Act designating the interchange of Interstate 81 with State Route 4007, known as Exit 119, on the border of Cass Township and Butler Township, Schuylkill County, as the PSP Trooper Michael E. Pahira, Jr. Memorial Interchange.
  Aug 10, 2026: Referred to Transportation
• SB 349 Became law
  An Act amending Title 27 (Environmental Resources) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in environmental protection, providing for decommissioning of solar energy facilities.
  Jul 20, 2026: Act No. 44 of 2026
• SB 45 Became law
  An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure), 44 (Law and Justice), 61 (Prisons and Parole) and 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in human trafficking, further providing for definitions, providing for the offense of promoting prostitution, for the offense of living off of prostituted persons and for the offense of patronizing prostitution and further providing for grants; in public indecency, further providing for prostitution and related offenses; establishing the Prevention of Human Trafficking Restricted Account; in child protective services, further providing for definitions; in sentencing, further providing for sexual offenses and tier system; in DNA data and testing, further providing for definitions; in interstate compacts, further providing for supervision of persons paroled by other states; and, in powers and duties relating to the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, further providing for consideration of criminal convictions.
  Jul 20, 2026: Act No. 41 of 2026
• SB 1248 Passed Senate
  An Act designating rye whiskey as the official State spirit of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  Jul 12, 2026: Referred to Liquor Control
• SB 146 Became law
  An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, providing for extension of use of certain funds; in Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program, further providing for Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program; in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for allowable mode of operations for licensed cigarette stamping agents; in joint underwriting association, further providing for fund transfers; providing for food processing residuals; in financially distressed municipalities, further providing for financial recovery; in oil and gas wells, further providing for Oil and Gas Lease Fund and providing for deep wells and Utica Shale permits and for well plugging; providing for manufacturing and investment tax credit, for Innovate in PA 2.0 Tax Credit and for design build best value; in human services, further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for resident care and related costs and for LIFE Program and providing for transition to chip-enabled access cards, for Medical Assistance Reentry Program, for Children's Trust Fund and for medical assistance pharmacy services; in additional keystone opportunity expansion zones, providing for additional zone for shipbuilding and for additional zones; providing for residential revitalization keystone opportunity zones and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods; in special funds, further providing for funding and for Pennsylvania Convention Center; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, providing for Veterans' Trust Fund Board and further providing for establishment of special fund and account, for use of fund and for distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for deposits and providing for Professional Licensure Augmentation Account; in general budget implementation, further providing for Executive Offices, for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Corrections, for Department of Labor and Industry and for Department of Transportation, providing for Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and further providing for Commonwealth Financing Authority, for Federal and Commonwealth use of forest land, for Multimodal Transportation Fund, for School Safety and Security Fund, for State Gaming Fund, for State Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account and for Public School Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account; in retirement, providing for 2026 special ad hoc municipal police and firefighter postretirement adjustment, for supplemental annuities for public school employees commencing 2026, for supplemental annuities for State employees commencing 2026 and for payment of supplemental annuity and special ad hoc postretirement adjustment; in electricity load forecast accountability, providing for energy and water reporting and for advanced transmission technologies; in 2025-2026 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Human Services and for Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency; providing for 2026-2027 budget implementation and for 2026-2027 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; in fiscal supplements to statutory programs, providing for amusement tax clarification, for situs for local sales tax for cities of the first class, for situs for local sales tax for counties of the second class, for net income and for housing; abrogating a regulation; making repeals; providing for suspension of pension actuarial notes; and making editorial changes.
  Jul 12, 2026: Act No. 21 of 2026
• SR 216 Adopted
  A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct an audit of the medical assistance programs of the Commonwealth and provide a report to the General Assembly.
  Jul 12, 2026: Adopted
• SB 972 Became law
  An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in corporate powers, further providing for care of memorials.
  Jul 12, 2026: Act No. 25 of 2026
• SB 1409 In committee
  An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in quality health care accountability and protection, further providing for definitions and for step therapy considerations.
  Jul 9, 2026: Referred to Banking & Insurance
• SR 326 Adopted
  A Resolution urging the members of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives to review Major Richard D. Winters' actions at Heteren Crossroads in Holland in 1944 and to recommend awarding him with the Congressional Medal of Honor.
  Jul 1, 2026: Transmitted as directed
• SB 9 Passed Senate
  An Act providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harm suffered by designation.
  Jul 1, 2026: Re-referred to Health
• SB 1182 Passed Senate
  An Act amending the act of December 22, 1983 (P.L.306, No.84), known as the Board of Vehicles Act, further providing for title of act; in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in vehicles, further providing for license to engage in business, for reimbursement for all parts and service required by the manufacturer or distributor and reimbursement audits, for unlawful acts by manufacturers or distributors and for manufacturer or distributor repurchase of inventory and equipment and providing for consumer data protection.
  Jul 1, 2026: Referred to Commerce
• SB 599 In committee
  An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in county boards of elections, further providing for expenses of county boards and of primaries and elections to be paid by county, expenses of special elections and boards to be provided with offices; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for date of application for absentee ballot and for voting by absentee electors; and, in voting by qualified mail-in electors, further providing for voting by mail-in electors.
  Jun 30, 2026: Removed from table
• SB 1261 Passed Senate
  An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further providing for assistance to fire companies and EMS companies; and, in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, further providing for definitions, for publication and notice, for award of grants, for consolidation incentive, for publication and notice and for award of grants, repealing provisions relating to COVID-19 Crisis Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program, to Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program, to expiration of authority relating to COVID-19 Crisis Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program and to expiration of authority relating to Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program and further providing for annual reports.
  Jun 30, 2026: Laid on the table
• SB 1397 In committee
  An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in mixed-use development tax credit, further providing for mixed-use development tax credits.
  Jun 25, 2026: Referred to Finance
• SR 346 In committee
  A Resolution honoring the 10th anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank located in Allegheny County.
  Jun 25, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SB 1398 In committee
  An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, establishing the Firefighter Cancer Screening Program and the Firefighter Cancer Screening Fund; and, in special funds, further providing for disposition of Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund.
  Jun 25, 2026: Referred to Banking & Insurance
• SB 357 In committee
  An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing for the offense of possession of firearm or other dangerous weapon in court facility; in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for relinquishment of firearms and firearm licenses by convicted persons, repealing provisions relating to firearms not to be carried without a license and to carrying loaded weapons other than firearms, providing for license not required, further providing for prohibited conduct during emergency, repealing provisions relating to carrying firearms on public streets or public property in Philadelphia, providing for sportsman's firearm permit and further providing for licenses, for sale or transfer of firearms, for antique firearms and for proof of license and exception; in protection from abuse, further providing for relief; in hunting and furtaking, further providing for cooperation after lawfully killing big game; in protection of property and persons, further providing for loaded firearms in vehicles; and making editorial changes.
  Jun 25, 2026: Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
• SB 469 Passed Senate
  An Act amending Titles 30 (Fish) and 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fishing licenses, providing for law enforcement; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions and for license costs and fees.
  Jun 24, 2026: Referred to Game & Fisheries
• SB 1355 In committee
  An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, establishing a pilot program to award grants for veterans traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder treatment.
  Jun 24, 2026: Re-referred to Appropriations
• SB 993 Passed Senate
  An Act amending Titles 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns), 11 (Cities) and 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in corporate power relating to boroughs, further providing for specific powers; in veterans' affairs relating to boroughs, further providing for care and erection of memorials; in corporate powers relating to third class cities, providing for control, maintenance and repair of memorials; in veterans' affairs relating to third class cities, further providing for care of memorials; in grounds and buildings, further providing for monuments, memorials and memorial halls to war veterans and for preservation, maintenance, repair and completion of public monuments; and making an editorial change.
  Jun 17, 2026: Laid on the table
• SR 343 In committee
  A Resolution recognizing September 11, 2026, as "25th Anniversary of the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, Day" in Pennsylvania in memory of the civilians and emergency and armed forces personnel who lost their lives in the attacks.
  Jun 15, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SR 344 In committee
  A Resolution designating September 25, 2026, as "Disabled American Veterans Day" in Pennsylvania in recognition of the men and women who have borne the wounds of war, and the unwavering advocacy and support of the Disabled American Veterans.
  Jun 15, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SB 1335 In committee
  An Act amending the act of November 22, 1978 (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Law, providing for Investigation and Prosecution of Internet Crimes Against Children Program.
  Jun 10, 2026: Re-referred to Appropriations
• SR 341 Adopted
  A Resolution honoring the life and expressing condolences on the passing of former State Senator Jack McGregor.
  Jun 10, 2026: Introduced and adopted
• SR 340 In committee
  A Resolution designating June 10, 2026, as "National Guard and Veterans Day" in Pennsylvania.
  Jun 10, 2026: Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
• SB 835 Passed Senate
  An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in grounds and buildings, further providing for display of United States flag and development of patriotism.
  Jun 9, 2026: Referred to Education